anyone know this cossie??
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anyone know this cossie??
right a mate of mine bought this off ebay a few weeks ago, for £8000, it needed the head putting back then it was ment to be ready to use.
well thats were its all started to go wrong. it just wont run right it now gone off be set up. but the shell is rotten and were not shaw it it tallys up the the reg year so was just wondering if any body knows the car or my have owned it??
to be fair he never veiwed the car before buying it, so it his own fault really but before he sets about restoring it hes wants some info on it really??
well thats were its all started to go wrong. it just wont run right it now gone off be set up. but the shell is rotten and were not shaw it it tallys up the the reg year so was just wondering if any body knows the car or my have owned it??
to be fair he never veiwed the car before buying it, so it his own fault really but before he sets about restoring it hes wants some info on it really??
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An 8k escos that 'just' needs a head putting back on and is otherwise all good......was never gonna be that simple in fairness, see loads advertised like that with minor jobs needed and it never seems to be the case does it
I'm sure someone will recognise it though
I'm sure someone will recognise it though
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Shame really, looks a nice car, but was a very cheap price.
Genuine escos shell?
Genuine escos shell?
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rotten as fk and engine is fkd trust me i know but i am not willing to say anymore a mate of mine had it but got rid of it QUICK and was VERY lucky to sell it
thats when people see escos cheap and think there getting a bargain when really there getting a bag of rust and problems imo
thats when people see escos cheap and think there getting a bargain when really there getting a bag of rust and problems imo
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i owned the car, i brought it in gwo from dundee but when i got it off the truck the next day & went 2 use it it was fooked
turbo was fooked & had a strange knock from engine & inner sills were shagged & driver door shut had a hole in it
i stripped out the engine, fully rebuilt the bottom end & powdercoated all the bits candy blue, fitted vaious bits it required (hoses etc) alloy radiator
there didnt appaear much wrong with the bottom end, 1 piston was tight on the gudgen pin so had all 4 replaced, crank regroud, new shells, oilpump cleaned/inspected etc....
i then fitted the engine back into the car, rebuilt the t3 hybrid turbo & a mate of mine stripped all the plug of the engine loom & we cleeved it in some nice wraping.....
i then went to start it & it wouldnt start, after a few hrs of messing about it was 1 of the wires in the crank sensor plug had came out.
it then ran, with no smoke but still had a knock?????
ide had enough so ebay it was (last year sometime)
while on ebay i stripped the camshafts out to find both camshafts badly scored & all the jurnels in the head shagged & it was sold in bits like that.....
1st thing i would do is pull the exhaust camshaft out & check the head/cams have been replaced, if not urll need a head & 2 cams
2ndly ide ditch the fancy engine loom & buy a std after market one as this was more hassle then it was worth & neva ran rite after it was fitted, had a blig flat spot if i remeber rite from low revs
after that set it up, do the sills & door shut & it aint a bad motor
its a genuine cossie shell & is as stated on log book
could be a nice 1 but ide swapped it for my mk3 escort cossie that i was 99% through building & only swapped as i wanted a car that didnt require any work, after i threw 1k into this & another 3 weeks time it was time for it 2 go
i also spent hrs t-cutting the whole car as some numpty had repainted the engine bay & not masked the car up so the whole car was coverd in overspray!!! thast why it looks miny mint lol
bumper mounts were broken so fixed them etc......
i have various pics of the work i completed if any use to you???
turbo was fooked & had a strange knock from engine & inner sills were shagged & driver door shut had a hole in it
i stripped out the engine, fully rebuilt the bottom end & powdercoated all the bits candy blue, fitted vaious bits it required (hoses etc) alloy radiator
there didnt appaear much wrong with the bottom end, 1 piston was tight on the gudgen pin so had all 4 replaced, crank regroud, new shells, oilpump cleaned/inspected etc....
i then fitted the engine back into the car, rebuilt the t3 hybrid turbo & a mate of mine stripped all the plug of the engine loom & we cleeved it in some nice wraping.....
i then went to start it & it wouldnt start, after a few hrs of messing about it was 1 of the wires in the crank sensor plug had came out.
it then ran, with no smoke but still had a knock?????
ide had enough so ebay it was (last year sometime)
while on ebay i stripped the camshafts out to find both camshafts badly scored & all the jurnels in the head shagged & it was sold in bits like that.....
1st thing i would do is pull the exhaust camshaft out & check the head/cams have been replaced, if not urll need a head & 2 cams
2ndly ide ditch the fancy engine loom & buy a std after market one as this was more hassle then it was worth & neva ran rite after it was fitted, had a blig flat spot if i remeber rite from low revs
after that set it up, do the sills & door shut & it aint a bad motor
its a genuine cossie shell & is as stated on log book
could be a nice 1 but ide swapped it for my mk3 escort cossie that i was 99% through building & only swapped as i wanted a car that didnt require any work, after i threw 1k into this & another 3 weeks time it was time for it 2 go
i also spent hrs t-cutting the whole car as some numpty had repainted the engine bay & not masked the car up so the whole car was coverd in overspray!!! thast why it looks miny mint lol
bumper mounts were broken so fixed them etc......
i have various pics of the work i completed if any use to you???
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pics in no particular order
i was told it was owned by the durham rsoc chairman altho i did smell a bit of billy bull shit when i was told that, big spec rs 500 cooler grey injectors low comp bd cams etc, never got it running right and too much body work and welding needed, my bros a panel beater / sprayer and he said it was a lot of work so got rid preety quick, changed hands more times than i care to remember in the last 18 months, gets brought messed with and flogged on i got it from yorkshire, then came to me in the midlands, then up to dundee, back down to the north east i think then sout coast then back to your mate in aylesbury, its a bit of a plum best to bare shell rebuild it and get a good engine back in it or break it up sad as it is to say
but just my 2 pence worth
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i was told it was owned by the durham rsoc chairman altho i did smell a bit of billy bull shit when i was told that, big spec rs 500 cooler grey injectors low comp bd cams etc, never got it running right and too much body work and welding needed, my bros a panel beater / sprayer and he said it was a lot of work so got rid preety quick, changed hands more times than i care to remember in the last 18 months, gets brought messed with and flogged on i got it from yorkshire, then came to me in the midlands, then up to dundee, back down to the north east i think then sout coast then back to your mate in aylesbury, its a bit of a plum best to bare shell rebuild it and get a good engine back in it or break it up sad as it is to say
but just my 2 pence worth
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I'm glad I found this little write up as its back on ebay at the moment for 8.5k and I was seriously considerin git as I have a freshly rebuilt YB sitting in my garage! I don't think I'll bother now
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1406408342...84.m1423.l2649
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It will be this one then, i had the same thought but not now
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1406408342...84.m1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1406408342...84.m1423.l2649
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Personally i think it'll be a good car...but only for the right person, most likely someone in the auto trade that has access to parts and their own workshop, or beg borrow steal favours from known painters welders at mates rates etc, at 8k for that and say an "in the trade" person spent 5k on rebuilding i think you could have a better spec'd escos than some of the ones out there floating around the 12-14k sale price
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I saw this car at an auction in Hull a few years ago.
It had no fuel tank at the time and someone had commented it had been searched for drugs ?
I went with a view to bid on it but the condition put me off and it sold for £6k.
Someone on the Escosforum owned it recently,worth a search on there
It had no fuel tank at the time and someone had commented it had been searched for drugs ?
I went with a view to bid on it but the condition put me off and it sold for £6k.
Someone on the Escosforum owned it recently,worth a search on there
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its threads like that kill ppl cars when trying to sell them.. i used to own this car and its not a "rotten pile of shite" the cars problems is that it has had a drivers quarter panel and it was a poor job thats why the sill has gone on that side and the arch is rusting.... i spoke to the current owner on the phone last week and he is a welder and has put a full outter sill and patched in the inner and had the car painted! the engine was rebuilt but obv the wrong main bearings were used and the bottom end has now gone.... i think this is a bargain for someone a rare big turbo imperial blue car!
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this is nowhere near as bad as it seems, i owned it last year & done a few bits 2 it.
i fitted new shells etc.. into the engine & they were the correct ones but by reading the advert "oil light flickering on" ide say the oil pump has failed.
it needed work but the seller seems to have done everything & all it wants is an engine/build
ive offerd him a deal on my saff cosowrth as a p/x for the car back & am awaiting a reply
engine is low comp thats in it
i fitted new shells etc.. into the engine & they were the correct ones but by reading the advert "oil light flickering on" ide say the oil pump has failed.
it needed work but the seller seems to have done everything & all it wants is an engine/build
ive offerd him a deal on my saff cosowrth as a p/x for the car back & am awaiting a reply
engine is low comp thats in it
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